Blockchain.community announces its partnership with the largest Russian blockchain mining equipment firm, 51ASIC. 51ASIC have pioneered the first ASIC-miners, supplying equipment to an ever-growing clientele in Russia, the CIS and Europe at large.

The Bitcoin trademark is now officially registered with the “Bitcoin” group in Moscow. Alex Forks, a Blockchain Community leader and founder of the fintech accelerator Future Fintech, is the trademark owner. The known Bitcoin-enthusiast is not planning to monetise the trademark. Instead, he declared a principled opposition to a possibility of a Bitcoin market monopoly in Russia